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Updated · PR Newswire · Sep 15
U.S. Private Employers Add 16,250 Weekly Jobs as Hiring Rises for Second Straight Week
Updated
Updated · PR Newswire · Sep 15

U.S. Private Employers Add 16,250 Weekly Jobs as Hiring Rises for Second Straight Week

3 articles · Updated · PR Newswire · Sep 15

Summary

  • U.S. private employers added an average 16,250 jobs a week in the four weeks ended Aug. 29, according to ADP's latest NER Pulse.
  • Hiring rose for a second straight week, with the four-week moving average climbing from 10,000 for Aug. 15 to 12,250 for Aug. 22 and 16,250 for Aug. 29.
  • The gain still sits below early-summer levels: the same measure reached 24,250 in mid-June and has mostly trended lower since then.
  • ADP says the weekly figures are preliminary, seasonally adjusted estimates based on high-frequency payroll data and published with a two-week lag.

Insights

Are recent hiring upticks a true economic recovery, or merely masking a silent AI takeover of entry-level jobs?
Could massive downward payroll revisions signal a hidden labor market crisis completely overlooked by weekly data?